ML20034B068
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| Site: | 05000294 |
| Issue date: | 03/29/1990 |
| From: | Weiss S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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i 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENVIRONt1 ENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO $1GNIFICANT IMPACT REGARDING TERMINATION OF FACILITY LICENSE NO. R-114 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVER$1TY TRIGA NUCLEAR REACTOR DOCKET NO. 50-294 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an Order terminating Facility License No. 'R-114 for the Michigan State University (MSUorlicensee)TRIGANuclearReactorlocatedinEastLansing, Michigan,in accordance with the application dated January 20, 1989, as supplemented on May 4, 1989.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of Proposed Action:
By application dated January 20, 1989 as supplemented, the MSU requested authorization to decontaminate and dismantle its TRIGA Nuclear Reactor Facility, to dispose of its component parts in accordance with the proposed decommissioning plan, and to terminate Facility License No. R-114. Following an " Order Authorizing Dismantling of Facility and Disposition of Component Parts," dated July 11, 1989, the MSU completed the dismantlement and submitted a final survey report on November 6,1989.
Representatives of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities, (0RAU), under contract to NRC, conducted a survey of the facility on December 18, 1989. The survey is documented in an ORAU report " Confirmatory Radiological Survey of the TRIGA Reactor Facility Michigan State University, East LansinD " J. D. Berger, February 1990.
Region III, in a memorandum dated March 13, 1990, found that the ORAU report findings support the data developed in the licensee's final survey report.
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c Nted for Proposed Action:
In order to release the facility for unrestricted access and use, Facility License No. R-114 must be terminated.
Environmental Impact of License Termination:
The Michigan State University indicates that the residual contamination and dose exposures comply with the criteria of Regulatory Guide 1.86, Table 1, which establishes acceptable residual surface contamination levels, and the exposure limit, established by the NRC staff, of 5 micro R/hr above ground at one meter. These measurements have been verified by the NRC. The NRC finds that since these criteria have been met there is no significant impact on the environment and-the facility can be released for unrestricted use.
i Alternatives to the Proposed Action:
Since the reactor and component parts have been dismantled and disposed of in accordance with NRC regulations and guidelines, there is no alternative to termination of Facility License No. R-114 Agencies and Persons Consulted: Personnel frb.; i 0 Radiological Site Assessment Program, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (an NRC contractor) l assisted Region III in the conduct of the Termination Survey for the Michigan State University TRIGA Nuclear Reactor Facility.
i FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The NRC has determined not to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed action. Based on the foregoing Environmental Assessment, the NRC has concluded that the issuance of the Order will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
For further details with respect to this proposed action, see the j
application for termination of Facility License No. R-114, dated January 20, 1
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1989, as supplemented. These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 29th day of March 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0mlSS10N
+M ps -j Seymour H. Weiss, Director Non-Power Reactor, Decommissioning and Environmental Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects - Ill, IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i
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